Egg-case.



' J. A. JOHNSON & 0.1a. WOOD.

EGG OASE.

Patented July 12,1910.

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J. JOHNSON & G. P. WOOD.

EGG GASE- APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1909.

Patented July 12,1910.

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, I Q ahwentozg v JJ g/fixwa/z Witnesses A TE era as PATENT a'omq ALBERTJomtson AND enemas P. wool),- o'F-s'r. PAUL, MINNESOTA.'

EGG-CASE.

ment in Egg-Cases, of which the following.

is a specification.

Thls invention relates to a folding egg box of metal, preferably thinsteel or sheet iron.

The object of the invention is a shipping crate which will foldcompactly into a small compass for return shipment, and which will be ofsuflicient strength to withstand hard usage.

The invention consists of a metal box having a cover hinged by links toone side of the box, ends formed of folding sections also hinged to thebox sides, and a bottom and central partition hinged to and folding uponthe side to which the cover is connected, thereby permitting. all ofsaid parts to fold upon each other and into the cover.

The invention also consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claim and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is aperspective view of the box in position for use. Fig. 2 isa perspective view showing the box partly folded? Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection through the box in open position. Fig. & is a lon itudinalsection taken through the box fo ded. Fig. 5 is a detail sectionalviewillustrating a catch for locking the parts in folded position. Fig. 6 isa detail perspective view showing an end portion of the box bottom.

It will be understood that when the box is in use the usual cardboard orother form of fillers are employed for the purpose of receiving theeggs, but as these do notform a part of our invention and are removablethey haveno-t been shown in the drawings.

In constructing the box, we employ a bot-.

fibe'fold'ed for the purpose of shipping when -retu'i ned'-.empty.Considering these various .partsin detail, the cover 5 is connected toSpecification of Letters Patent. P t t d Ii- 1 12, 1 10,

Application filed May 27, 1909. Serial No. 498,601. a

one of the sides by links 6, said links being pivotally connected to therear corners of the cover, and upon the inside of the flange, and to theends of the side piece, and about midway between the top and bottomedges of the said side piece. When the egg case is set upfor use, it isdivided into right and left hand compartments by means of a centralpartition 7 which is hinged to the rear side member 2, and when the boxis folded this partition folds against the said side member. The endmembers 4 are split centrally and vertically thus forming them into twosections, the sections being hinged together as shown at 8, saidsections folding inwardly and upon each other. We prefer inorder tostrengthen. the box to form the end ortions of the side members ofseparate pieces and for this purpose, we employ angled metal strips 9.These strips are rigidly connected to the side members 2 and 3 formingportions of said side members and are hinged to the'end members 4, whichconstruction is most clearly brought out in Fig. 2. To prevent the endmembers folding outwardly a section at each end carries a stop pin orbrace 10. This allows the sections to fold inwardly upon each other, butprevents their folding in the opposite directlon. The bottom 1 has itsends strengthened by U-shaped strips 11 and these strips at-their rearends carry pins 12 which pins are journaled in the lower ends of therear side member strips 9, thus hinging the bottom which can foldinwardly over the side member 2 and the partition 7. To hold the bottomin place and prevent it from dropping outwardly the end members 4 areflanged upon their lower edges as shown at 13, the flanges extendinginwardly forming a support for the bottom.

When it is desired to fold the box, the partition 7 is folded againstthe side 2, and the side 2 is folded into the flanged cover 5; thebottom 1 is then folded resting upon the partition 7, the ends 4 arethen folded is simple and durable in construction and that it will foldcompactly into the cover which forms a carrying case in which the boxcan be shipped when empty.

\Vhat We claim is:

A folding egg case consisting of it flanged cover, a side member towhich said cover is loosely connected, the said side member folding intothe cover, end pieces pivotally connected to said side member, a pivotedbottom folding upon the said side member,

seems the end pieces folding upon themselves and upon the bottom member,and a second side member pivoted to the end members and folding over theother parts, all of said 15 members when folded resting Within theflange of the cover.

J. ALBERT JOHNSON. CHARLES P. WOOD. WVitnesscs:

HENRY ZIMMERMAN, COLUMBUS NEWCOME.

